PRECOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz

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Dr. Roland Hartmann (1922-2007), a noted antiquarian
book dealer in St. Gallen, Switzerland, was
fascinated for decates with the power and beauty
of the ancient civilizations of the New World. He
studied philosophy at the University of Zurich
continuing at the Sorbonne, and focused on the
fi eld of rare books where he concentrated on incunabula
and medieval manuscripts. Dr. Hartmann
purchased his fi rst Peruvian ceramic in 1957 during
the course of a book auction in Hamburg. This
launched him into in depth studies of the Andean
cultures though he never visited South America.
In 1962 he acquired the vast Peruvian art collection
of the renowned modern paintings dealer
Christoph Bernoulli (1897-1981) of Basel. Years
after Dr. Hartmans’s ’collecting’ years were over, as
a true bibliophile he continued adding to his large
reference library.
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EARLY CHAVIN GREYWARE
BOTTLE TEMBLADERA
Ca. 1400-400 B. C.
The body scored overall with raised nubbins,
perhaps imitating the shell of a spiny oyster,
tapering into a polished spout.
Height 22.1 cm
Provenance
Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1949
Literature
Ferdinand Anton, Alt -Peru und seine Kunst,
Leipzig, 1962, pl. 5
Ferdinand Anton, Alt -Peru und seine Kunst,
Leipzig, 1972, pl. 11
€ 1 200 – 2 200